2025–26 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

2025–26 season
Owner	Mark Stott
Chairman	Ken Knott
Manager	Dave Challinor
Stadium	Edgeley Park
Home colours Away colours

The 2025–26 season is the 144th season in the history of Stockport County Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	LB	Tayo Edun	Peterborough United	Free	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CB	Christy Grogan	Stoke City		[2]
1 July 2025[c]	CB	Joseph Olowu	Doncaster Rovers		[3]
2 July 2025	LW	Malik Mothersille	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[4]
21 July 2025	CB	Arttu Hoskonen	Cracovia	Free	[5]
2 August 2025	LB	Danny Andrew	Cambridge United		[6]
14 August 2025	CB	Brad Hills	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[7]
18 November 2025	RB	Jack Hunt	Bristol Rovers	Free	[8]
15 January 2026	RB	Josh Dacres-Cogley	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[9]
27 January 2026	CF	Adama Sidibeh	Stockport County		[10]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2025	CB	Sam Hughes	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[11]
2 July 2025	CF	Tanto Olaofe	Charlton Athletic		[12]
31 January 2026	CAM	Ashton Mee	Buxton		[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
18 July 2025	RB	Corey O'Keeffe	Barnsley	5 January 2026[a]	[14][15]
30 July 2025	CF	Nathan Lowe	Stoke City	6 January 2026[b]	[16][17]
31 July 2025	LB	Owen Dodgson	Burnley	31 May 2026[c]	[18]
1 September 2025	CM	Corey Edwards	Rochdale	31 May 2026[d]	[19][20]
	CM	Tyler Onyango	Everton	31 May 2026	[21]
	CM	Ben Osborn	Derby County		[22]
6 January 2026	CAM	Josh Stokes	Bristol City		[23]
23 January 2026	RB	Roman Dixon	Everton		[24]
28 January 2026	CF	Tanto Olaofe	Charlton Athletic		[25]
2 February 2026	LW	Louie Barry	Aston Villa		[26]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
25 June 2025	LB	Ryan Rydel	Exeter City	31 May 2026	[27]
16 August 2025	GK	Andrew Wogan	Chester	29 August 2025[a]	[28][29]
19 August 2025	GK	Cian O'Shea	Avro	17 September 2025	[30]
1 September 2025	RB	Jay Mingi	Crewe Alexandra	23 January 2026[b]	[31][32]
	RB	Jid Okeke	Walsall	5 January 2026[c]	[33][34]
5 December 2025	CB	Christy Grogan	Aldershot Town	31 May 2026	[35]
20 January 2026	CM	Owen Moxon	Wigan Athletic		[36]
23 January 2026	RB	Jay Mingi	Forest Green Rovers		[32]
28 January 2026	RW	Jayden Fevrier	Charlton Athletic		[37]
2 February 2026	RB	Jid Okeke	Walsall		[38]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Will Collar	Milton Keynes Dons	1 July 2025	[39]
	CB	Fraser Horsfall	Blackpool		[40][41]
	CM	Cody Johnson	FC Halifax Town		[42][43]
	RB	Kyle Knoyle	Mansfield Town		[42][44]
		Macauley Southam-Hales	Bristol Rovers		[45][46]
	LB	Ibou Touray	Bradford City		[47][48]
18 August 2025	CAM	Nick Powell		18 August 2025	[49][50]
1 September 2025	LB	Danny Andrew	Exeter City	1 September 2025	[51][52]
19 January 2026	RB	Jack Hunt	Wigan Athletic	2 February 2026	[53][54]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
23 July 2025	CB	Nathaniel Mapengu	30 June 2027[a]	[55]
29 August 2025	LW	Arian Allen	30 June 2027[b]	[56]

On 23 May, Stockport County announced a six-day training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar which included a fixture against Bristol Rovers.^[57] A fortnight later, a home fixture against Hull City was confirmed.^[58] On 12 June, a trip to face Salford City was added.^[59]

Also confirmed was an XI side will face Spennymoor Town in a testimonial for Glen Taylor.^[60]

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Stockport were drawn away to Tranmere Rovers in the first round^[68][69] and at home to Cambridge United in the second round.^[70][71]

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Stockport were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round^[72][73] and away to Wigan Athletic in the second round.^[74]

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Stockport were drawn against Salford City, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.^[75] After finishing second in the group, County were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the round of 32,^[76][77] at home to Harrogate Town in the round of 16,^[78] away to Port Vale in the quarter-finals^[79][80] and away to Doncaster Rovers in the semi-finals.^[81][82]

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As of match played 17 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ben Hinchliffe	26	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Josh Dacres-Cogley	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Owen Dodgson	21	0	9+4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
4	MF	ENG	Lewis Bate	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Joseph Olowu	32	2	19+5	2	1+1	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Jack Diamond	39	7	26+5	5	2+0	1	0+2	0	3+1	1
8	MF	NIR	Callum Camps	11	0	5+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Tanto Olaofe	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Jayden Fevrier	28	2	7+14	2	2+0	0	0+2	0	2+1	0
11	FW	JAM	Malik Mothersille	25	1	10+9	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
12	DF	ENG	Roman Dixon	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Tayo Edun	15	0	10+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Ethan Pye	35	0	31+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Callum Connolly	19	1	12+3	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jay Mingi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SCO	Lewis Fiorini	8	1	0+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Kyle Wootton	35	15	30+1	14	1+1	0	1+0	1	0+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Owen Moxon	27	1	11+10	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
22	FW	ISL	Benoný Breki Andrésson	18	3	8+7	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	1
23	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	25	1	20+3	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Tyler Onyango	13	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
26	MF	NIR	Oliver Norwood	30	6	26+0	5	1+0	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Odin Bailey	37	3	20+8	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+3	2
28	MF	ENG	Josh Stokes	6	2	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	2
29	FW	GAM	Adama Sidibeh	5	2	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	2
33	DF	ENG	Brad Hills	24	0	21+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
34	GK	JAM	Corey Addai	15	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
41	DF	GER	Jid Okeke	5	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Corey Edwards	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0
44	DF	WAL	Rhys Watson	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
45	DF	IRL	Christy Grogan	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
46	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Mapengu	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
47	FW	MSR	Arian Allen	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
48	FW	ENG	Che Gardner	13	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
49	FW	ENG	Marcus Kouam	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
56	FW	ENG	Bruno Cina	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
58	MF	ENG	Saul Gardner	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
60	DF	ENG	Jake Lewis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
65	FW	ENG	Joe Astles	4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+4	2
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
2	DF	IRL	Corey O'Keeffe	23	1	10+6	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	3+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Lowe	26	7	8+11	3	1+1	1	2+0	1	3+0	2
23	DF	ENG	Danny Andrew	7	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	ENG	Jack Hunt	13	0	2+8	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Ashton Mee	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0